Taboo
The Jewel Merchants
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Jurgen and the Law
(Edited by Guy Holt)
STRAWS AND
PRAYER-BOOKS
Dizain des Diversions
By
JAMES BRANCH CABELL
"Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law,
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw....
Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage,
And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age."